Fort Tourgis
Fort Tourgis is an extensive fortification in Alderney to the north west of St Anne forming part of the Fortifications of Alderney inside the Bailiwick of Guernsey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: TheOnlyMoxey, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: Domob, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alderney and Alderney Airport.
Alderney
Photo: Chickenofbristol, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alderney is part of the Balliwick of Guernsey, and at 3 miles long by 1½ miles wide it's the third largest of the Channel Islands, with a population in 2018 of 2019.
Alderney Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Gene Selkov, CC BY 2.0.
Alderney Airport is the only airport on the island of Alderney, Guernsey. Built in 1935, Alderney Airport was the first airport in the Channel Islands.
Fort Clonque
Castle
Photo: Ryan Alexander, CC BY 2.0.
Fort Clonque is a 19th-century coastal fortress in Alderney, in the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands built on a rocky outcrop of land joined to the island by a causeway that can be submerged at high tide. Fort Clonque is situated 1¼ km southwest of Fort Tourgis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint Anne.
Saint Anne
Town
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Saint Anne is the main town of Alderney in the Channel Islands.
Fort Tourgis
- Type: Castle
- Description: fort on Alderney, Channel Islands
- Categories: fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
49.71899° or 49° 43′ 8″ northLongitude
-2.2194° or 2° 13′ 10″ westElevation
34 metres (112 feet)Open location code
8CXVPQ9J+H6OpenStreetMap ID
way 273726702OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“Fort Tourgis” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن تورجيس”
- German: “Fort Tourgis”
- Spanish: “Fuerte Tourgis”
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